We are a boutique restructuring firm who specialise in helping directors solve business-critical problems.Facing financial challenges? I'm here to help your business through uncertain times. With expertise in corporate recovery and insolvency, I offer: - Confidential financial health assessments - Tailored restructuring plans to avoid insolvency - Debt negotiation and refinancing strategies - Guidance on insolvency procedures when necessary - Business turnaround and recovery strategiesMy goal is to preserve business value and find the best path forward, whether through recovery or managed exit.Looking to scale via acquisition? Perhaps acquiring the going concern of a distressed business could be the way to go! Let me know what industry you are in and I can keep an eye out.

Oversaw legal process and all commercial aspects of business such as day-to-day marketing and sales, cashflow management and cost control. Communicated on all purchases and lease agreements with lenders/investors, producing investment packs and financial models that lead to the successful capitalisation of the group.I contracted over forty venues by pivoting to wholesale, generating an ARR of £500k in the first six months to maintain survival during Covid-19. Some of my signature accomplishments during this tenure includes:• Negotiated nineteen new venues, four leasehold and fifteen freehold including a golf course and hotel at up to 50% below market rates.• Achieved Circa £550K Profit in 12 months by selling two leaseholds and one freehold.• Designed and established four new brands / product offerings and successfully brought them to market, created all brand collaterals whilst devising and delivering the marketing and sales plans.•Developed a motivated sales team delivering £1m+ sales in 2022 (37% increase YOY) and generated significant investment from brand owners; some deals being the first of their kind in the North of England.• Fundamental to the groups raising of over £3.5m from investors to fund expansion.

At Cosmic Bar Co, I monitored BDM's and sustained track of sales KPI's and incentives by executing corporate brochures / packages. Furthermore, I was the singular senior dedicated member of commercial team with minimal funds available. In addition to this, I managed remaining operating bars turnover in line with budgets and year-on-year expectations whilst decreasing costs where possible. I also delivered high-level flexibility to customer and introduced backend automation by removing manual tasks for venues and automating KPIs.Some of my key contributions during this role includes:• Minimised booking staff costs by circa 30% by creating and deploying an online payment system with £750k revenue in year one• Increased £1M Corporate Sales Targets for year by directing sales operation in May while interviewing and hiring three new BDM's.• Boosted revenue by 22% and positive KPI’s in collaboration with venue finders, tourism outlets, networking associations and local businesses.

At Burning Night I devised group strategy, helping facilitate an increase in trade from £3m to £45m as a key member of the senior management team during rapid expansion. I orchestrated marketing activity and introduced brand guidelines for my team that had a sense of creativity. Incentives introduced for achieving KPI targets meant we smashed all targets and our social metrics were 300% above target. I also served as an integral member of the IT infrastructure, administering EPOS provider and app developers, providing strategy and insight to create and deliver a closed-loop marketing system with integrations between key partners.Some of my signature accomplishments during this tenure includes:• Maximised traffic to company websites by employing CRM, PPC and SEO strategies to achieve our revenue and bookings targets, over achieving by 100% of target and increasing ROAS 300%.• Exceeded revenue goals by leading and training promotion managers on a localised level delivering consecutive year on year growth.• Promoted progression and healthy competition by creating a close nit team.• Simultaneously managed 12 group company websites, keeping content fresh, expanding blogs, building backlinks and referrals.• Helped produce the groups business plan and marketing pack for a successful £7.5m crowdfund raise.

Implemented the business's first ever consolidated marketing plan with a focus on B2B sales, event creation and digital strategy. Some of my signature accomplishments during this tenure include:• Generated over £150k in B2B sales for the venue having achieved less than £10k the year before, smashing revenue targets.• Helped create a new brand which launched with huge success to replace a failing one, circa 30% uplift in revenue• Created a marketing plan which helped the business achieve 13% year on year growth from existing venues.